Dancer, choreographer, and cultural pioneer Heather Maloney grew up on a farm in Virginia. And so the habits of working hard to make things grow, of waiting patiently for things to mature, come naturally to her.
Some board members, major donors and dancers are questioning the earlier-than-expected retirement of Edward Villella, artistic director of the Miami City Ballet.
The Latin rocker ventures into new territory with his first acoustic recording, an MTV project at the New World Symphony’s concert hall
The four offerings at this year’s Here & Now Festival, Miami Light Project’s annual showcase of adventurous local performer/creators, are vivid and theatrical, if not always well-thought-out or deeply original. But helping artists develop under the spotlight of live performance is what this festival is all about.
Though Miami’s Here & Now Festival has been going for a dozen years, there’s still a sense of excitement each time it rolls around. Will another performance art star emerge? Will a charismatic dancer we’ve admired turn out to be a better choreographer than the people she’s danced with?
The mind-bending duo is about to become a regular Miami presence.
The creator-hosts of public radio’s envelope-pushing ‘Radiolab’ bring their live show to South Florida
AXIS, a leader in the realm of disabled dance, comes to Miami this week for workshops, a panel presentation and a performance. The San Francisco troupe, which helped upend conventional notions about who can dance, what is virtuosity and what makes a body beautiful, is being presented by Tigertail Productions’ annual DanceAble program, part of the Florida Dance Association’s Winterfest.
Miami performances by an African solo artist and an avant garde duo showed different sides of the contemporary dance spectrum.
An unforgettable performance is a bittersweet farewell to Merce Cunningham, the revolutionary master of modern dance.
Miami City Ballet showed new inspiration and life in a new ballet from a young British choreographer.
The morning after the New Year’s Eve party that Miami Heat star LeBron James threw for his birthday and engagement felt worse than a hangover for Boca Raton baker Alethea Hickman.
Performers-turned-authors add grace notes to Miami Book Fair International
Though he has lived in the United States for half a century, choreographer Garth Fagan’s Jamaican accent is loud and clear.
In its 26-year history, Miami City Ballet has performed regularly in three South Florida counties, across the United States and even abroad. But on Friday night, the troupe will appear in a single show that could match the impact of all those hundreds of performances for hundreds of thousands of people.
The community-friendly Wynwood Art Fair aims to raise funds for a homeless shelter.
Spanish singer-songwriter Joaquin Sabina is wiser and less wild but unrepentant as he prepares to play Miami on his first U.S. tour.
Choreographer Mark Morris can seem like a bundle of contradictions. He flaunts a flamboyant, sometimes deliberately outrageous personality, yet his dances are rigorously, classically constructed.
While we can expect more concert news later in the season, many intriguing offerings are currently on tap in Latin, world music and jazz.
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